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Asbestos Artex Removal in Longfield Hill, Kent
Artex removal in Longfield Hill: textured coating testing and removal, for homeowners, landlords and businesses. Planned to HSE guidance, with written results and paperwork.
- Landlord refurbishments
- Coatings damaged by DIY
- Damaged or cracked coatings
Asbestos help in Longfield Hill
How artex removal works in Longfield Hill
For an asbestos coating, the room is sealed, the coating kept wet and nothing sanded or dry-scraped. From walls before a kitchen or bathroom refit and flaking textured ceilings, we cover textured walls, coated ceiling roses and Artex ceilings.
Rural homes near Longfield Hill have often been altered over generations, so ceilings may have been coated during an earlier renovation. Every job comes with paperwork, because buyers, landlords and builders often ask for it.
- Location
- Longfield Hill (DA3)
- Area hub
- Kent
- Service
- Textured ceilings and walls
- You receive
- Test result and waste paperwork
- Quote
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Call
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
For landlords, agents and businesses
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building or the common parts of flats in Longfield Hill, you have a duty to manage asbestos under regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. In practice: find it, assess it, record it and manage it.
Schools, halls and community buildings are non-domestic premises, so the duty to manage applies.
Can I do it myself?
Asbestos waste can’t go in household bins, recycling or skips. It must go to a permitted site; check with your council about small amounts.
With a professional job, you get a record: results, a report or a consignment note, which buyers and builders may ask for.
Limits to be aware of
Worth knowing before booking:
- Untested coatings are tested first, because a clear result means ordinary methods can be used
- Other asbestos materials found in the room are dealt with separately
- Big jobs need notifying in advance, which affects the start date
If you’re unsure, describe the job and send photos, and we will advise before you book.
Common materials
- Patched or painted coatings
- Textured walls
- Artex ceilings
- Ceiling roses and cornices (coated)
- Coated plasterboard
- Swirl and stipple patterns
A closer look at the materials
Painted coatings
Paint often hides the coating, but the coating underneath is the same.
Patched areas
Patch repairs may use a different material from the original coating.
Places near Longfield Hill
More for properties in Longfield Hill
Longfield Hill: your questions answered
Do older homes in Longfield Hill have asbestos?
If your home in Longfield Hill was built or refurbished before 2000, it may, but you can’t tell by looking. Look at garage roofs, textured ceilings, old floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Is the Artex in my Longfield Hill home asbestos?
Some older coatings do, and many don’t. Only a test will tell you.
How do I know if my property contains asbestos?
If it was built or refurbished before 2000, it may. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Does someone need to be there?
We need access to every area in the job.
Which asbestos work needs a licence?
Licensed work is work on the materials most likely to release fibres: lagging, sprayed coatings and most asbestos insulating board. Only a contractor holding an HSE licence can do it.
Is a home built after 2000 likely to contain asbestos?
Homes built after 2000 shouldn’t contain asbestos, as it was banned in 1999, though older parts, reused materials or earlier outbuildings can.
Can I put asbestos in a skip?
Never: it’s hazardous waste. When we remove it, it’s taken to a permitted site with a consignment note.
Do you need to see it before quoting?
Many jobs can be quoted from photos, but larger or unclear jobs may need a visit.
Typical Artex jobs in Longfield Hill
Coatings get damaged by water leaks, cracks and DIY, so they may start to flake.
In older properties, we often see:
- Ceilings before downlights go in
- Rented flats before redecoration
- Flaking textured ceilings
- Coatings already disturbed
For a school such as Istead Rise Primary School, the duty holder’s records should show any coatings.
What to look for in a quote
- For licensed work, a valid HSE licence
- What’s excluded, such as making good or a new roof
- If the price includes VAT
- Whether they’re insured for asbestos work
Prices and what affects them
The biggest factors in the price are:
- Whether the work is non-licensed, notifiable or licensed
- How much waste there is
- What the material is and its state
- Parking and access charges
Access makes a big difference to cost, so tell us about access.
Sending photos
To help us quote quickly, send:
- Labels, if any
- An idea of size
- Where we could park
- How we’d reach it
Every job is quoted in writing. Send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749 with the details.
Options to consider in Longfield Hill
What are the options for Artex? Intact coatings with no work planned can often stay; if you want smooth ceilings or need to cut into it, removal is normally better. The cost of Artex removal depends on the job: the materials involved, how much there is, access and paperwork. Every quote is individual.
Why choose us
- Waste taken to a permitted site with a consignment note
- Quotes that spell out the scope
- Records for your files
- Across London and the South East
See how we quote and published price ranges.
Textured ceilings in Longfield Hill
Longfield Hill is about 3 miles south of Northfleet, in Kent. Properties in Longfield Hill range from older houses to newer estates and commercial buildings, and anything built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. We cover 922 places across Kent. Our nearest city page is London, about 20 miles away.
If you’re refurbishing flats near Meopham station, a void period is a good time to deal with textured ceilings. In older homes in Longfield Hill, textured ceilings were often added in later decades. Longfield Hill is within about 8 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape; cottages and farmhouses nearby can have textured coatings too.
This part of Kent takes in DA3. We can help with Artex jobs on streets such as Main Road, Nurstead Lane and Ryecroft. Other places close to Longfield Hill we cover include New Barn (1 mile north-west), Hartley (1 mile west), Nash Street (1 mile north-east), Meopham (1 mile south-east) and Longfield (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also work in Maidstone (12 miles south-east), Dartford (6 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (10 miles south-west), Gravesend (4 miles north-east), Tonbridge (13 miles south) and Northfleet (3 miles north).
Other landmarks nearby include Stone Castle (4.5 miles north-west) and Gravesham Community Hospital (4 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Sawyers Lake.
- Nearby schools include Longfield Academy (1.3 miles north-west)
How we work
At the end, the room is cleaned and checked before the seals come down. While we work, the area stays out of bounds.
- Tell us which rooms and surfaces
- We sample each coating
- If it contains asbestos, we agree the method and quote
- We seal off the room and remove the coating wet
- We clean up and send the waste paperwork
Getting ready
- Leave the suspect material alone until we arrive
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
- Clear access to the area, loft or garage
Ask for a quote
Share the postcode, a short description and photos: fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749, and we’ll reply with a quote.
Helpful guides
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note